Why do I feel like compact flash is more reliable than SSD ?

2011-12-29 Thread UFS User
I have run a lot of different FreeBSD systems off (fileservers, firewalls, routers, etc.) off of compact flash cards[1] and have never had a CF part fail. Most of these were read-only mode, but some of them were left mounted 'rw' for years (with no swapping, of course).  The bottom line is, they

Re: Why do I feel like compact flash is more reliable than SSD ?

2011-12-30 Thread UFS User
On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 2:13 AM, UFS User wrote: >But everyone I know (including me) has had an SSD fail, usually with no >explanation. > >So is this just chance, or ... are CF cards really a lot more reliable than >SSD ? The following pages , and references in them